cross-posted from: feddit.org/post/37870004

reddit got bad because spez (the reddit admin) restricted API access to the platform for third-party apps, such that people would be forced to use the official app or web UI, both of which display advertisement and collect user data (e.g. scroll behavior).

the reason why this happened is because reddit is a for-profit company and tries to extract money out of the userbase, at the expense of the users.

another example of a bad decision that reddit made was to push a lot of ragebait (“Am I The Asshole?”) because company shareholders want to see “engagement numbers” go up, and if somebody writes an angry reply to a post, that’s “engagement”. but it makes you angry at the stupidity of the “Asshole”, so it makes your day worse. that is another example how reddit makes money at the expense of the users.

size (number of monthly active users) is not what made reddit bad. commercialization is.

we should probably get rid of the “don’t make lemmy grow, it will ruin the platform if we grow” idea.

Last call:

https://rutgerbregman.substack.com/p/yes-you-should-panic-about-ai

@davidgerard Milquetoast

I realized that I keep explaining what Bugsy is and how it works, so I figured it was time to document the whole thing. What started as a simple Sentry triager has grown into a fairly substantial project that now tirelessly serves the entire company, with many processes depending on it. So I decided to map it all out.

https://skavish.github.io/bugsy-map/

@xenu she says "no such thing" and from experience of her instrument collection i believe it

oh great another one of my domains is now being used for spoofed phishing mails

at least I found https://dmarc.postmarkapp.com/ which is a nice free service to handle my DMARC report collation. I've been using it for the past week or so and it's made my life a little easier.

@tinker for a nominal fee I will read to you a book in an app of your choice.

my rates are reasonable

Hi! I’m Evie. (she/they)
I’m a Korean/Chinese American living in the PNW with my brilliant husband and sweet anxious dog (he gets it from me). Chronically ill and probably tired. Preferably showing my love through sharing food and crafts.

I like co-op games, making things, tiger balm, cooking, spreadsheets, cranberry apple juice, camping, and Dragonite.
I’m bad with getting up early, stairs, horror movies, tiger balm, the Sun, and some strangely unspecific textures/patterns.

Recently I’ve been learning how to make linocuts! Pictured are some I hand drew, carved, and printed.

#introduction #linocut #printmaking #mastoart #fediart #cooking #food #pnw #dragonite #queer #botanicals #whimsy

@forestine I have a nonbinary friend in Vancouver who has shared similar thoughts with me. I'm thankful for their trust in sharing & for the education.

@ben i got rid of my creance after maxing it, i didn't even want it using a slot since it was about as good as a fascist's first emotional support police baton or something. i decided no tools like this shall prosper.

ねむすぎ

#nvidia

CEOs are having affairs?

I'm too burnt out to have an affair.

You know what would be really hawt right now? If someone would come read a book next to me while I nap on the couch.

Fantasies, man. Fantasies.

Roku says it will wind down sales of smart home hardware to focus on streaming, days after Fox closed its acquisition; it will keep supporting existing devices (Janko Roettgers/Lowpass)

https://www.lowpass.cc/p/scoop-roku-is-exiting-the-smart-home-business
http://www.techmeme.com/261111/p49#a261111p49

hey, there are trans people who are not fem or masc.

somebody that gets gender affirming breast reduction or mastectomy, a trans person who gets a hysterectomy, or someone on exogenous testosterone could be nonbinary, agender, or transneutral, for example. i have a friend who is a cis lesbian who used T for awhile because she wanted to lower her voice

i just saw two posts in a row grouping that all under 'transmasc' and while i am forced to stand under the umbrella often to receive services or find community, it's also alienating, and also not very precise when referring to groups of people

@andypiper The whole UK to EU visitor system is a shitshow. And it gets worse. My OH is an EU citizen and the ECtHR ruled that spouses of EU citizens traveling to the EU shouldn't have their joint trips counted towards the 90 days as that would limit EU citizens travel rights. So I can travel anywhere in the EU with them for unlimited time and it not count towards the 90 days, but they don't properly record who I was travelling with so they can't know if I've already used my 90 days or not.

Sorted out & set aside some broken old costume jewelry. Cut some cardstock. Pulled out dried florals. Prepping to make some mixed media pieces over Autumn/Winter. I need to finish off 2 art crafting projects to gift to my Mom too. I think many of us AuDHD folks have multiple unfinished projects to eventually complete.
We start up more new projects anyways 😅

#AuDHD